The Hanover sees 5.4% commercial rate increases

The Hanover Insurance Group comfortably beat on Q3 earnings and
pointed to continued steady price rises on its commercial and
personal lines portfolio.
In the insurer's domestic business, 5.4 percent increases in
core commercial lines and 5 percent in personal lines painted a
more favourable picture than some of the larger US bellwethers
reported in recent weeks.
But investor attention in the US insurer's earnings call
tomorrow is also likely to focus on operational matters as the
company addres